I have spent HOURS and HOURS on Autotrader trying to sell my Toyota Camry SE Sport, and it has been a NIGHTMARE of epic proportions! I cant do anything I want to the add, including putting it as the correct model of car I am trying to sell because they don't even off the option. They also don't let private party people sell their vehicles under "Certified" because in their own words: "Only a dealer can sell a Certified car". Completely ignorant and wrong because my Toyota is a Certified vehicle and is so through Sept 2021. Certified warranty up until 100,000 miles goes with the vehicle to any dealer in the nation. SO anybody looking for a certified car will not see my car as a certified car because they say private parties cannot sell certified cars. Thats some idiotic bs right there because a Toyota Certified vehicle is certified no matter how many owners it has until the warranty runs out. This website was nothing buy super slow, a ripoff, about 15 years behind the times, and majorly frustrating because it is so slow, it literally took me about 15 hours to get my ad the exact way I wanted it to be represented to the customers. Takes forever to upload pics, and when you do, they go in some random order that is confusing. Trying to drag or remove pictures is worse, because it is slow and tedious. Never could figure out what picture I was working with, and everytime I tried to delete a pic, i ended up deleting something other than the one I wanted to get rid of! Don't waste your time, effort, or Money on this ripoff site, because it is geared towards the dealers completely, and as a little guy you will never be represented like a dealer unless you spend a lot more money on ad upgrades and highlights, which could easily run the ad to over a $100 total, way too much to be giving these asssholes!
There are some con artists on here so beware of fake ads. I reported one to Autotrader and THEY DID NOT EVEN RESPOND OR CARE about it as a few days after my report the fake ad is still there!
That actually makes Autotrader complicit to the attempted fraud.
The seller I contacted in QLD (car had QLD rego) said the car was in WA as he was in WA working for the Defense Force. RED FLAG - WHY TAKE THE CAR FROM QLD TO WA? Surely you would fly. Very polite and articulate. Gave me a FALSE Dept of Defense ID CARD - signature was nothing like the name and the ID number has been confirmed as "non existent".
Watch out for this scam!
Autotrader - HOW ABOUT GETTING YOUR ACT TOGETHER!
Check out the response for the con artist -
Sorry for taking so long to reply, I work for the Department of Defence and I was transferred to a new military base in WA. I am providing Deployment Training (Desert Training).
If you are still interested in buying my car, I'm asking $6,788 (I've lowered the price because I'm running out of time). The car is Road Worthy and Rego until May 2022. It is very well maintained, always garage kept, excellent condition, runs and sounds 100% perfect with no leaks or noises. Engine starts right up, sounds great and there are no strange noises. No hail damage. I have to sell the car as fast as I can because in three weeks I will be deployed to New Zealand and I'll stay there for a while. I intend to buy a new one when I get back home.
I also need to know if you have the cash to buy the car, because there are a lot of interested buyers. The car is here with me at the military base but you don't have to worry about the distance I can bring the car to you on my expenses, so if you're interested, let me know.
Details:
Registration#: 096-WWO, 189.000 Km's. Rego until May 2022. Just had it serviced. Mechanically A1
You'll love the car, I can guarantee you that!
For me this is great site, purchased car for my wife.
Found a good car at a good price, and meet some nice people doing it.
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